Goodland is an
unincorporated community
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in
Bailey County, in the
U.S. state
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of
Texas
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.
According to the
Handbook of Texas
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, the community had a population of 10 in 2000.
Geography
Goodland is located on Farm-to-Market Road 54, southwest of
Muleshoe, west of
Enochs, west of
Littlefield, and northwest of
Lubbock
Lubbock ( )
is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat of Lubbock County. With a population of 272,086 in 2024, Lubbock is the 10th-most populous city in Texas and the 84th-most populous in the United States. The city is in the ...
just east of the
New Mexico
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state line in southern Bailey County.
Education
Goodland is served by the
Sudan Independent School District.
References
Unincorporated communities in Bailey County, Texas
Unincorporated communities in Texas
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